bonanza/bnn.

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Noun:
1)Asituationoreventthatcreatesasuddenincreasein
wealth,goodfortune,orprofts.
2)Alargeamountofsomethingdesirable:thefestive
featureflmbonanza.
EXTRAVAGANZA!
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unity
food
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never 1 x month 1x week 2-6 x week daily
FreQuenCY oF eAting out
never 1 x year 1 x month 1 x week 2-6 x week daily
PArtiCiPAtion
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10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
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80%
Council/ HA Tenants Private Market
Tenants
Homeowners Total
Fuel PoVertY AMong residents
one third ate out once a week; and almost 31% ate out t wo to
six times per week; almost 7% on a daily basis. Most often and in
this order, they ate fast food, indian and Bengali food, chic ken
and c hips, Chinese food, pizza, in a proper restaurant (only 7.7%),
italian food, and kebab.
Pa rtic i Pa tio n
More than half of the people we spoke to (almost 54%) stated
that they never took part in communit y events. the majorit y of the
others did so once a year (16.3%) or once a month (18.3%). People
took part in communit y events organised by the following (in order
of frequenc y mentioned):
* the Bromley-by-Bow Cent re
* Poplar HArCA and other Housing Assoc iations
* the tower Hamlets Counc il
* the linc Cent re
* the Marner Cent re
* relatives and friends
* the mosque(s)
* the Burdet t Cent re
* the Kingsley Hall
* Bow Churc h and st Paul's Churc h
* the Fern st reet set tlement
idea l ho m es?
surprisingly, only about three quarters of the people we interviewed
stated that every member of the household should have a room
to her- or himself or that every c hild should have their own room.
on the other hand, a sit ting room, to be used exc lusively as a
sit ting room, was very important to almost all partic ipants. More
than 90% of people agreed that corridors, stairs and walkways
should not be used for storage (and complained about the lac k
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More than 91% of the people we spoke with ate outside of their homes, more or less frequently, and a little less than three
quarters ate (mainly) fast food. About 21% ate out once per month; about one third ate out once a week; and almost 31% ate
out two to six times per week; almost 7% on a daily basis. Most often and in this order, they ate fast food, Indian and Bengali
food, chicken and chips, Chinese food, pizza, in a proper restaurant (only 7.7%), Italian food, and kebab.
PA RTIC IPA TIO N
More than half of the people we spoke to (almost 54%) stated that they never took part in community events.
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Female Male
gender
<20 21-33 34-59 60+
Age
British Bengali Other
BACKground
primary sc hool sec ondary school A levels college graduate or beyond
highest leVel oF leArning
single co-habiting married separated widowed
MAritAl stAtus
unemployed seeking work unemployed not seeking work
employed full time employed part time
volunteer work student
retired
eMPloYMent
over the past year and a half, the sCiBe team photographed and
observed space in Bromley-by-Bow, asked 105 residents to take
part in a survey in order to understand how they live and what
they do; and about one third of them to cont ribute their own
photographs and to tell the stories behind them. the following
pcce: p(cvice cn cve(view cf whcI we we(e cL|e Ic fnc cuI.
OvervieW
two thirds of the residents in Bromley-by-Bow we interviewed were
women (66.3%). Most were bet ween 21 and 33 years old, followed
by those bet ween 34 and 59 years old (we only spoke to people
older than 18). only about one quarter of those we spoke with
were born in the uK. the majorit y was born in Bangladesh (59.6%),
with 38.5% of all partic ipants originating from the sylhet region in
north-east Bangladesh.
An overwhelming majorit y of our respondents were married
(60.6%), followed by single people (29.8%). only very few were
living together with their partners without being married, were
separated or widowed. two thirds of all partic ipants had children.
in cont rast to expectations based on the Census 2001, about one
third of the people we interviewed were college or universit y
graduates. Another big proportion had at tended secondary
sc hool and/ or ac hieved their A levels or equivalent
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. About 11.5%
had only at tended primary sc hool.
the majorit y of those we spoke with were unemployed and
not seeking work - it should be noted, however, that this group
was constituted almost exc lusively of female homemakers of
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pensioners. only 7.7% were unemployed and seeking work. About
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Annual household income for a large majorit y of our respondents
(46.3%) amounted to less than 10,000, followed by those who
lived on less than 20,000 (29.5%) and less than 30,000 (12.6%).
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in t his c ontext, is wort h not ing t hat t his informat ion may be mislead ing owing to several c irc umstanc es.
For instanc e, many of our pa rt ic ipant s rec eived t heir educ at ion in c ount ries ot her t han england;
furt hermore, t he educ at ional system in england has been t hrough some substant ial rest ruc t uring. thus,
we relied on t he judgement of our interview respondent s to plac e t hemselves in t he right c ategory.
Only about one quarter of those we spoke with were born in
the UK. The majority was born in Bangladesh (59.6%).
WhatisfastfoodlikeinBangladesh?
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Almost90%saidthatthere
wasnostreetfoodavailablein
Bromley-by-Bow.
ThenextLondontrendwillbestreetfoodandpop-
ups-itsveryexciting.JusttheotherdayImeta
lovelygirlwhoonlyservescrisped-upbellyofpork
servedinsteamedbuns,amouthfulofheaven,bew-
ti-ful,andtheresaqueuelikeyouwouldntbelieve.
Loveit.
Sadderthandestitution,sadderthanabeggaris
themanwhoeatsaloneinpublic.Nothingmore
contradictsthelawsofmanorbeast,foranimals
alwaysdoeachotherthehonorofsharingor
disputingeachothersfood.
JeanBaudrillard
eatinginpubliccanconnectcommunity
Proposal:
A platform to encourage the
Bomley-By_Bow community to get
together through food and festivity
How?
Creating a series of Extravaganzas to get
people to look differently at their own talents
Individuals become street vendors
Signs of Life would help develop individuals
personalised sustainable food vehicles
A website would be plot food vehicle
locations in real time
Roll up roll up and come and try the most
delicious Phuchka this side of Dhaka!
Website
Vendor: Ahmed Khan
Vehicles
EXTRAVAGANZA!
Sometimesallthe
vendorswillconcentrate
inonespot-foraspecial
Bow-nanzaExtravaganza
Attheseevents
furthervehiclesand
performanceswouldbe
alsoattend
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